143055 - Download of very large files hangs Mozilla

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 91795

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Norris Boyd]

I often download very large files (~160Mb) using my browser. When I attempt to
download using Mozilla, the download proceeds fine until it appears almost done.
Then machine performance becomes exceptionally slow and I often get messages about
running low on virtual memory. Eventually I'm forced to kill Mozilla. 

Does the download process use memory proportional to the size of the download? Is
that why I appear to run out of memory?

The downloads work fine using IE :-(

Comment 1

[Robert Larmon]

Using 2002041711, I tried to re-create this problem with a 600MB iso file on a
WINXP PC.  I wasn't able to trigger it, though.  I have 256 MB of RAM with 2 Gig
of Virtual Memory.  Perhaps I need to download a 2.5 Gig file?  I did notice
that memory did seem to disappear over the course of the download, even when I
wasn't actively working on the PC.  The only problem I had was at one point when
it was 1/4 way through, I received an alert. (426 Data Connection: Bad File
Descriptor)  I clicked ok and the file continued to download.  I wonder if
that's just the file I was downloading. (RH 7.3 cd 1 iso off of a mirror)

Hope this helps,

Robert

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

To file handling... we have other reports of unbounded memory growth while
downloading....  :(

Comment 3

[Olav Vitters]

Should be fixed in a newer build.

Duping

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 91795 ***

Comment 4

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

marking verified as a duplicate.

if you decide to reopen this bug, please clarify why.

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